Saint Patrick's Day

the true meaning to saint patricks day is a day observed by the Irish to commemorate the Patton saint of Ireland.

Saint Patrick's Day began as a Catholic observance. In the Catholic Church, a saint's feast day is celebrated only once per year. It is also usually on the anniversary of their death---in other words, when they entered Heaven. They have to make guesses with the saints' death dates that they don't actually know, like St. James or the Blessed Virgin.

It is Saint Patrick's Day, not Saint Patties Day.

Four leaf clovers are just mutated three leaf clovers.

During the 1st through 5th centuries during the Roman Empire expansion into Gaul and other Celtic lands, the Druids were not completely included into the new oligarchy. Julius Caesar in the first century even campaigned against them. Tiberius even passed laws of prohibition against practicing druidism. However early writing at the time gave very high social standing to these "priests."

The rise of the Catholic Church and eventual turn of the Roman Empire into the Holy Roman Empire where the Pope because more powerful than the Caesars resulted in what became known as the Spanish Inquisition (as the power center moved from Rome to Spain). As the Catholic Church worked to eradicate the other religions (Paganism, Druidism, Judaism, Islam, and eventually Protestantism) the Pagans and especially the Druids began to use purple dyed clothes and purple face paints in their usually defensive skirmishes. Thus from the 12th century until the late 18th century, purple stained faces and fingers and clothes became to be associated with paganism.

St Patrick was born circa A.D. 387 and died circa A.D. 461. Although the patron Saint of Ireland, the color green was not associated with Irish nationalism until the 1798 rebellion.

Roughly one can make the argument that the Irish flag shows the religious separation of the country: green = Catholic, orange = Protestant. Purple is not present but would represent the pagans.

Wearing purple on St. Patrick's Day is a rather obscure tradition in Wiccan and other pagan observances.

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To play football on Saturday, hunt on Sunday afternoon and to pick up trash Monday morning.

St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17, the saint's religious feast day and the anniversary of his death in the fifth century. The Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday for over 1,000 years. On St. Patrick's Day, which falls during the Christian season of Lent, Irish families would traditionally attend church in the morning and celebrate in the afternoon. Lenten prohibitions against the consumption of meat were waived and people would dance, drink and feast--on the traditional meal of Irish bacon and cabbage.

No, Patrick was not Polish. He was a Roman citizen from Britain.

It's lucky, along with horseshoes and rabbit feet though I suppose that wasn't lucky for the rabbit.

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Although no date can be affixed to the birth of Patrick, it can be assumed with confidence that he was born in England, and that he was a Roman-Britain. We know he was born in Britain which was made up of England, Wales and Scotland. Neither Wales nor Scotland was occupied by the Romans. Patrick was born in 386, and the Roman Empire collapsed in western Europe and Britain in 413 under Honorius.

A four leaf clover

Lots of people do go to work on St. Patrick's Day. For some, it is a holiday so there is a day off, like in Ireland where it is the national holiday and many workplaces are closed. For others, it is an ordinary day, so they go to work. In most countries it is an ordinary day. It will also depend on their job. Even if it is a day off, some people will work. For example, the emergency services have to have people working, so some of them will be working. If people are off, they can go and join in any celebrations that may be going on wherever they are. Some people like to take the day off so that they can do that.

A four leaf clover is a common 3 leaf clover with a mutation which makes it grow a fourth leaf. According to Irish tradition, a 4 leaf clover brings good luck to their finders, especially if it's found accidentally.

If you are painting one on, find a very good air-brush jockey and have them put a "dragon's eye" or "Penelope's web" into the design. A chromed bell is always a good bet "to keep the gremlins away" and a protection amulet kept under the seat will help you (depending on the herbs and stones used)

There is also an incredibly powerful travel protection spell you can put together if you have the knowhow.

It's a phone chat line that goes under several names. The two that I'm aware of are Night Exchange and LavaLife.

Shamrock tattoos are most often used to symbolize Irish pride or good luck. Aryan Brotherhood, a prison gang, uses shamrocks to mark their members, also.

I think March 1st

four leaf clover is known to be a universal good luck charm that will bring good luck to anyone..

The harp. This is because it is the official symbol of Ireland, not the shamrock as many people think.

in the bible it says the last days will come when all the people in all the nations have heard the message of the lord check it out the bible is full of interesting things like that

All the public houses are open, its probably their busiest day.

Many Americans eat Irish Stew and Corned Beef and cabbage on St. Patrick's Day. Although, corned Beef is not an Irish dish. A more traditional meal would be ham and cabbage or bacon and cabbage.

Yes, the leaves seeds and roots of all clovers are edible.

But depending on the type, they can be a bit earthy and somewhat sour. Avoid using too much lemon if you're putting shamrocks in a salad. They're also thin, full sized shamrocks don't work alongside things like spinach leaves or romaine lettuce (which are often earthy themselves)

The flowers are sweet (nectar) but a bit dry (they're flowers with many tiny petals) The plant is relatively nutritious. If you're in a survival situation, clover is good to have nearby, but it's imperative to find other food to supplement it. it's the sort of thing you'd stumble upon a patch of, and eat entirely before going to find something else.